Neck-wear



(No Model,)

H. A. GABLES.

NECK WEAR.

No. 314,794. Patented Mar. 31, 1885.

ilNrrnn STATESPATENT irFiCE.

HARTLEY A. cABLns'oF PHiLADELPHI PENNSYLVANIA.

NECK-WEAR.

FEPECIPI'JAI'ION forming part of Letters Patent No. 314,794, dated March 31, 1885.

Application filed June 16, 1884.

1'0 rtZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARTLEY A. GABLES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Neck- Wear, of which the followingis aspecification.

My invention isa support for neck ties,scarfs, and like articles of neck-wear; and it consists of a band adapted to clasp the collar-band and extend back beneath the coat or vest of the wearer, and to support the tie or scarf in its position without tilting, and permit its ready application and detachment.-

My invention further consists in constructing the support of combined elastic and nonelastic material, so as to secure the desired claspingeffect in a very cheap structure.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view showing a neckscarf with my improvement. Fig. 2 is a perspective View showing the improvement as applied in connection with a bow. Fig. 3 is a plan view showing the same applied to a collar. Figs. 4, 5, 6, and 7 are perspective views illustrating different modes of making the support of combined elastic and non-elastic material. Fig. 8 is a view illustrating a connecting-button; Fig. 9, a view of part of the shirt-band.

The supporter consists of a spring-band, A, ofmetal or other elastic material, or paper, card-board, or other non-elastic material, combined with an elastic strip. In either case the band in its normal shape is curved, so that when applied to the neck it will lie closely against or clasp the band of the shirt and extend back to such a distance as to be covered by the vest or coat.

The bow, tie, or scarf B is secured to the center of the band in any suitable manner, and the band is covered with the same material as the tie, so that when the article is in position upon the neck of the wearer the covered band will have the appearance of a scarf passing completely around the neck.

Any suitable fastening device is used for securing the article in place, a preferable attachment being a button, 0, with a head, a, and flat stem b, and terminal catch 0, adapted to engage with a soc-keted plate, D, secured to the band, so that the latter may be fastened to band and shield combined, of stiff card-board (No model.)

the band of the shirt by passing the stem b through the button-hole w, and then introducing the end of the stem or catch into the socket. 5

The extended band A, clasping the shirt: band or collar, audheld in place by the but. ton or any suitable connection, affords a steady support for the tie or scarf, which is thus r'etained in its proper position, while the movements of the wearer are in no way restricted, and the article may be readily detached and replaced in proper position without disturb ing the clothing.

WVhere the band is to support only a tie or how, as in Fig. 2, it consists simply of a strip of uniform width; but where it is used for the support of a scarf it is preferably provided with a shield, d, to which the body of the scarf is connected in any suitable or ordinary manner.

In order to secure the clasping effect of the band, and at the same time-manufacture the article cheaply, I prefer to make the band, or

or paper, and to connect thereto a strip, f, of metal, rubber, or other elastic material, bent so as to spring naturally to a curved form.

In Fig. 4 a fiat strip of brass is shown as ap-. plied to a pasteboard shield, d, having arms or extensions constituting the band A. In Fig. 5 said shield and band are shown combined with a wire, which imparts the desired curved form and spring action. In Figs. 6 and 7 apastcboard shield is shown connected to a curved strip of brass.

The pasteboard and metal portions of the device may be connected together in any suitable manner by cement, sewing, riveting, or otherwise.- When a fiat strip of brass is used, it may be slit at intervals to form tongues i, which are bent outward and forced through the pasteboard and clinched, as shown in Figs. 4. and 7. When a wire is employed, it maybe passed from one side to the other through the card-board, asshown in Fig. 5.

By the construction described I avoid the difficulties incident to the use of theordinary necktie-supporting shields, which are apt to become displaced or to assume an angle to the neck, which is prevented in my improved de vice by the use of the extending clasping-arms of the ba'nd,-which not only prevent anysuch the collar-band; a bow or scarf connected to. tilting, but are held in position by the pressscarf at the front, and extended back on each side beyond the tie around the collar-band to clasp with its ends the sides of the collar, sub- 'stantially as set forth.

2. Asupporter for neck-wear, consisting of a spring-band having its ends extending beyond the tie or scarf to about midway around the center of saide1asticband,.the latter being covered with the same material as the bow or scarf, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, in a support for neckwear, of a .strip of card-board or other nonelastic material supporting the bow or scarf at the center and extending to the sides of the collar-band, and a strip of thin metal or other material connected to the said strip of cardboard and curved to maintain the latter in 21 curved form to clasp the shirt or collar band,

substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two sub- 

